styptic meaning

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styptic (adjective): tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels.

styptic has 2 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective and noun.

styptic as an adjective

tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
Synonyms: hemostatic
Similar: astringent
Related forms: stypsis

styptic as a noun

a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
Synonyms: astringent, astringent drug
Type of: medicine
Kinds: alum

styptic in a sentence

An astringent, like an alum block or styptic pencil, helps close and heal small cuts after shaving.

Scrabble score: 14 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with ST · words ending in IC · 7-letter words

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